If Tim Burton, Jim Hansen and the Pokemon creators got together and decided to create a video game it would look a lot like Folklore. The artstyle from the Folk & Folklore to the beautiful chapters of the Netherworld which you explore is very beautifully colored and vibrant.
In Folklore you play as 2 different characters each with their own side of one story. The story revolves around a mysterious town called Doolin in which both characters (Ellen & Keats) have been mysteriously called to. Each character will be trying to solve their own puzzle to a story that intersects and so it is cool to be able to play 2 sides of 1 story.
Folklore is more of an action game than an RPG, though it does have some RPG elements to it. The main game mechanics is to fight the Folks that you encounter in the various worlds and capture their iDs (souls) and when you have done that you assign the Folk to one of the buttons and you use them to attack or defend. This game makes good use of the Sixaxis since you need to use it in order to capture the Folk iDs by holding down the R1 button and pulling up to absorb the iDs. There are a few different ways to absorb the iDs depending on the enemy and sometimes it takes a while to do so.
At the end of each Realm you will have to defeat a Folklore and they are fairly large creatures and you need to know which Folks to use to do damage to them. This also applies to attacking the various Folks throughout the realms. There are different elements of Folks like wind, water, fire, physical attacks, etc.
The most compelling part of this game would have to be the story as it unravels. Each time you find another piece of the puzzle it presents another question and so it keeps you guessing. The art direction is different because it does not use FMV much, though there are cutscenes in FMV, but the majority of the scenes are comic book style.
This game is fun and there are many sidequests and downloadable content available for this game. There are many Cloaks to find for Ellen also.
So if anyone is interested in a story that is puzzling and a mystery genre then I would recommend you playing this game. I think it is under-rated and it deserves a little bit more praise than what it's gotten.
Get ready to embark on a journey filled with monsters, magic, and overpowered haircuts, because this list features the best JRPGs on the PS3.
There wasn't that many. Thanks to the west's criticism. It was definitely lacking compared to every other ps system. Dont get me wrong there were a few good ones i know that.
Only gripe I have with Ar Tonelico 3 is that Saki is annoying as hell whether English or in Japanese. Then Saki's English voice actor became Ionasal on Ar Nosurge she was a little annoying but not as bad. Johnny Young Bosch voicing Tatsumi I thought he did a great job. And Akiko Shikata with her vocals and the music from the games just went hand and hand.
These JRPGs stand up on their own.
Could you get rich by investing in PS3 games? Almost definitely not. Can you make a few bucks by flipping PS3 games over the years? Yeah, sure! It wouldn’t even be that difficult. But let’s face it: Once these games are in your collection, you’re probably keeping them forever.
After a game's multiple generations old, and can't be had new at a reasonable price, that's when I see nothing wrong with emulation.
What's the point of paying someone scalper prices when the dev/publisher isn't even benefiting from it?
I paid $30 for SH Downpour on PS3 now it's around $70-$85 Canadian Lolipop Chainsaw I paid $15 and it has really gone up in price. I wonder if Transformers War and Fall of Cybertron will go up in price two of the best Transformers games every made.
Ever since Sony announced that they would shut down PS3 store these prices have skyrocketed and even though Sony backtracked now most gamers realize that it's a matter of time before the PlayStation 3 store is shut down. If you want these games get them while you can even if digital because once that story shut down the physical prices will just go crazy high we saw that already
And many of these games did not sell like crazy amounts so they are limited number of copies available for sale at any given time
Yes this is an amazing game for sure and mostly unnoticed due to all the other blockbusters that came out :( Nice write up and good score
i didn't like the game that much- too much random button mashing
good review though
I really liked folklore. However I felt that if they just went with cut scenes like in final fantasy instead of slow moving text it would have been twice as popular.